Monthly Archives: February 2014

Today I am grateful for pottery. I have yet to see a piece of pottery I don’t like, but the pieces I got in Bali, Indonesia are very special. I had the pleasure of watching the process and it was … Continue reading →

Today I am grateful for Call Centers. I expect some of you are already reaching for your phones to call the looney bin folks to come and pick me up. I don’t blame you. I’m shocked for this gratitude, too. … Continue reading →

Today I am grateful for karate. Did I join a class? Do I stand on one leg at the gas pump, like a demented Flamingo, practicing balance? Am I running through Dollar Stores karate chopping the piles of dried Ramen … Continue reading →

Today I am grateful for dishwashers. I guess I must be in a bit of an appliance mode these days, but I look around my house and then watch an old, classic movie or worse, a western and I realize … Continue reading →

Today I am grateful for the PBS, Masterpiece Classic series, Downton Abbey. No spoilers, here, so if you haven’t watched the final show for season four don’t worry. My lips are sealed. I have always been a slut for all … Continue reading →

Today I am grateful for daffodils. What a happy, friendly flower. It would take a daffodil made of steel to push through the ice and snow still covering the ground this year, but I bet they are under there, trying. … Continue reading →

Today I am grateful for songbirds. I stepped out my door into the frosty, early morning chill to get the newspaper and the first thing I was greeted with was, tweet-tweet-tweet-twidddlllllleeetweet. Wow. Can actual Spring be far behind? I’ve seen … Continue reading →